I like your solution, a little bit of a hassle but better than any multi level rack. Placing everything below the tweeters and the mids will definitely give a better sound stage and possibly a sound you like better, very system dependent. The lower everything in my system became the better everything sounded to me.
Not putting rack between speakers?
Hi everyone,
I'm in the market for new rack, and I've read in several places that it's best not to place your rack between your speakers. This makes sense to me, and the reflections off the rack and equipment would negatively affect the soundstage. Unfortunately, in my listening room it's not possible to place the equipment along a side wall, so I was thinking of purchasing two amp stands (one for my integrated and one for my CD/SACD player) to keep the profile low and minimize any soundstage degradation. This set up would also make it much easier to switch out cable, clean contacts, etc. Is there any downside to this? Does this seem like a reasonable solution? Anyone out there had good success with getting the rack out from between the speakers?
Thanks so much!
Scott
I'm in the market for new rack, and I've read in several places that it's best not to place your rack between your speakers. This makes sense to me, and the reflections off the rack and equipment would negatively affect the soundstage. Unfortunately, in my listening room it's not possible to place the equipment along a side wall, so I was thinking of purchasing two amp stands (one for my integrated and one for my CD/SACD player) to keep the profile low and minimize any soundstage degradation. This set up would also make it much easier to switch out cable, clean contacts, etc. Is there any downside to this? Does this seem like a reasonable solution? Anyone out there had good success with getting the rack out from between the speakers?
Thanks so much!
Scott